president mike pence has confirmed he testified before a grand jury investigating the attack on the capitol, a potentially major development. i can confirm that i did receive a subpoena for the federal grand jury, and i complied with that subpoena. but under advice of counsel, i can t say much more than that. that was my only appearance before the grand jury. i m not going to comment on what others had to testify or not and what they testified to. he s the highest profile witness known to have testified and signals prosecutors are moving beyond the rioters into looking into the trump administration itself. the new york times and the wall street journal are reporting that a second aide to pence greg jacob testified as well. he countered efforts to persuade pence not to certify the electoral results. let s start with evan perez. quite significant developments here. reporter: absolutely, bianna. this is criminal investigators reaching into the trump white house. we re
let s start here in the uk, where prime minister borisjohnson has won the backing of a majority of tory mps in a confidence vote despite a significant revolt against his leadership. mrjohnson won 59% of the vote, meaning he is now immune from a conservative leadership challenge for a year. in total, 211 tory mps voted they had confidence in the prime minister s leadership, while11i8 voted against him. mrjohnson described his confidence vote win as decisive . i think this is a very good result for politics in the country. i think it is a convincing result and a decisive result, and what it means is that as a government, we can move on and focus on the stuff that really matters to people. joining me now is giles coghlan, who s the chief currency analyst at hycm. has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly. has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly. it has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly, it hasn t. - has it caused concern? perhaps surprisingly, it hasn t. the - s
school. several mass shootings breaking out across the country over the weekend n oklahoma a 9-year-old was injured, nevada, arizona and tennessee, most shot were teenagers. the gun violence following the supermarket shooting in buffalo, the church shooting in california and, of course, the massacre in uvalde, texas, that killed 19 children and two teachers. today the first of many funeral services will begin there. we will have more on that and the president s visit ahead. people are feeling on edge, in brooklyn an active shooter scare at a boxing match sent folks fleeing the stands and running for their lives. 18 people were injured at the barkley center, turns out it was a loud noise heard on the street that sent crowds rushing for the exits. let s go to cnn s nadia romero live in atlanta with the latest. reporter: you mentioned the shooting that happened in chattanooga, tennessee, where six people were injured and police tell us the majority were either teenagers or
For both trump and president biden. How voters feel about a potential rematch in 2024. Were following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. Theyre on their way home, right now, Five Americans who were wrongfully detained in iran for years are in the air en route to the United States. Its the result of a rare deal between washington and tehran. On the other end of it, the United States released five iranian nationals and freed up billions of dollars in iranian funds strictly for humanitarian use. But the white house is very quick to note that this deal does not mark a cooling of tensions between the two adversaries. In fact, the Biden Administration Just Announced a new round of sanctions on tehran. Cnns Natasha Bertrand has been tracking all of the latest details. Natasha, this was the result of a complicated multiyear long effort. Yeah, boris, the Biden Administration has been trying to get these Prisoners Released from iran for th
Fastsigns. Make your statement. The pentagon says it is concerned that north korea is weighing providing arms and Military Equipment to russia as it appears that kim jong un is on this armored train. As you see there, bound for russia to meet Vladimir Putin. South korean Government Official tells cnn that kim is believed to be traveling to the eastern russian city of vladivostok. The u. S. Says there have been alarming signs of a growing cooperation between the two countries. Russias Defense Minister visited pyongyang in july in an effort to buy Artillery Ammunition for the war in ukraine. U. S. Officials tell us there are major worries about what north korea could then ask for in return, and that pyongyang wants technical help, not just for its satellites but also nuclearpowered submarines. Cnn Senior International correspondent will ripley joins us now from taipei. Kremlin spokesman has just given some details on this trip. I wonder, what does the kremlin say . What does the u. S. Be